Helloooo! Happy Blogmas Day 6 🙂

I have a fun Christmas/baby-related craft to share today!

I’m going to a holiday-themed baby shower tomorrow and I wanted to (attempt to) make a festive diaper wreath to bring along with my gift. I found an awesome tutorial online – and followed the instructions … for the most part.

Below are my step by step instructions 🙂

Obviously had to make a cup of cocoa in my favorite mug before I got started :)
I obviously had to make a cup of cocoa in my favorite mug before I got started 🙂

Alright, here we go!

Materials needed: Diapers, thick ribbon, thin ribbon, cardboard cutouts (I used cake plates), hot glue gun, scissors, tape, and a not pictures box cutter
Materials needed: Diapers, thick ribbon, thin ribbon, 2 cardboard cutouts (I used cake boards), hot glue gun, scissors, tape, and a (not pictured) box cutter
I traced a small paper plate in the center of the cardboard to be cut out
The center of the cardboard needed to be removed. To do so, I traced a small paper plate in the center cut it out with my box cutter.  I did this to both pieces.
Hot glue popsicle sticks to one side of the cardboard for added support
Hot glue popsicle sticks to one side of the cardboard for added support
Hot glue the two pieces of cardboard together
Hot glue the two pieces of cardboard together
Time to start wrapping diapers! I used scotch tape to secure each one.
Time to start wrapping diapers! I used scotch tape to secure each one.
Wrap & glue a piece of the thick ribbon around the diaper
Wrap & hot glue a piece of the thick ribbon around each diaper
So my cardboard donut was too small & wouldn't allow me to get the diapers very close together
At this point I ran into my first issue. My cardboard donut was too small & wouldn’t allow me to get the diapers very close together #FAIL
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So I rolled a few diapers much tighter so that they could be used to fill in the empty spaces.
So I rolled a bunch of tighter diapers to fill in the blank spaces. I did not secure them in place - I used the smaller ribbon to do so. Here's how: hot glue the end of the ribbon strand to the back of the cardboard. Then weave it over and around each diaper until you've gone around the entire donut. Then secure a new strand of ribbon to the back and weave/wrap it around each donut again - just in the opposite direction to achieve the X.
(Apologies in advance for the lack of photos for these steps) First, I hot glued the large diapers to the cardboard base, then placed the smaller diapers on top to fill the bare spaces (I did not secure them). From here, hot glue the end of the ribbon strand to the back of the cardboard and begin to weave/wrap it over and around each diaper until you’ve gone around the entire donut. Then secure a new strand of ribbon to the back and weave/wrap it around each donut again – just in the opposite direction to achieve the X.
Glue gun casualties.
Nasty glue gun casualties.
Make a bow out of the big ribbon & ta-da! I bought a santa teether/rattle to hang in the middle :)
Tie a large piece of the big ribbon around the back to create a bow. I decided to buy a santa teether/rattle to hang in the middle  to spruce it up.
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And taa-daaa! How cute is this!? If it weren’t made of diapers I would totally make one for my apartment!

This was a really fun project (minus the injuries) and I would totally recommend making one for a friend or family member who has a new baby this holiday season!

Have you made a diaper wreath before?

Any suggestions for non-diaper material I could use to make another one?

XOXO

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